Non-refillable bottle.



A. HERMANNS L A. MERKEL.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLlcATxoN man 1AN.14.1915.

171629774, Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

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To @ZZ whom t may concern Be it lrnown that we, ALEXANDER Hen- MAilNs and ifiUcUs'r Mannen, citizens of the United States, residing at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State oi N ew dersey, have invented certain new and useful linprovements in Nonlielillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

rIhis invention consists incertain improvements in bottles and the like designed to adapt the same to be non-reiillable and to be so constructed that the parts thereof may be manufactured and applied to bottles at litt-le expense and without appreciable change in the form of the bottles from that conventionally employed and to not only prevent tampering with said parts but substantially seal the bottle against 'the evaporation of its contents. Y

in the accompanying drawing, fully illustrating theinventien, ligurel isa vertical sectional view oi' the neck portion of a bottle and ot' our improvement applied thereto; Figs. E2, 3 and 4: are sectional views on the lines www, y-g/ and oi' Figi; Fig. is a top plan viewrot a certain valve-seat; Fig. 6 shows the plug member of the valvedevice; and, Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. l, the bottle being` tilted in position-tor delivering its contents.

The neck a. of the bottle I is in accordance with this invention preferably .termed with theouter end of the passage therethrough somewhat enlarged, as shown, there'- by to produce the seat or ledge c. ln other respects the bottle is substantially the same as any ordinary bottle, and it has the usual exterior shoulder CZ near its mouth. On the ledge c rests the exterior iiange e of an annular valve-seat formed with an upper interior rabbet g. Said valve seat is held against the ledge by the cylindrical wall of an inverted cup L which snugly ts the upper enlarged end of the passage of the bottle neck and has, concentric with said wall and depending from the top wall a' of said cup short of the lower end of its cylindrical wall, a cylindrical flange j. rihe wall z' oi said cup is provided with a suitable number of openings j penetrating the same between its cylindrical wall and the flange j. The cup /z is in turn held against the valve-seat (against whose flange e its cylindrical wall directly bears) by the nozzle or nipple 7c having a tubular passage portion Z, recessed ation of Le ers Patent.

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or notched in its lower edge at m, and superimposed on the top of the bottle neck. The nipple or nozzle is finally held in place by a substantial seal formed by a metallic sleeve a whose upper and lower edges are respectively spun or otherwi e inturned into enalso to seal the contents of the bottle from the atmosphere so as to prevent the evaporation thereof. This device comprises a cylindrical part y) having an exterior flange g at the top thereof and immediately below said flange one or more openings r, and a plug s which is cup-shaped on the under side and lhas an enlargement or head t at its upper end. The plug s rather snugly tits the part p, and in the normal position of these elements,'the bottle being upright, the flange of part 79 rests upon the ledge formed by the rabbet g of the valve seat and the head t of the plug-bears upon the top of party?.`V

ln the assembled relation of the parts, part y), on the bottle being inverted, is movable toward the mouth of the bottle a distance suilicient so that the openings r will be uncovered by the flange seat, this distance being determined by contact of part 79 with the flange j of the cup It; the plug at the same time is also movable into the cylindrical flange of the cup until it impinges the top of the latter, whereupon it will also have uncovered the openings 7. The plug has Somewhat greater mass than the part 7) so that it will not only return promptly to its seat in said part on turning the bottle uprightbut will return said part to its seat upon the valve seat. i

In the upright position oi the bottle liquid cannot be entered thereinto because the valve device closes the passage through the valve seat; even it' the bottle be tilted so that gravity might cease to close the valve device, the inlow of the liquid would cause that result. it is impossible to tamper with the valve device because the openings j in the cup and the notches m in the nipple are so related that a tootortuous passage for the admission of any implement'for reaching the valve device is afforded. When the bottle is inverted so that gravity unseats the parts of the valve device the liquid may flow out without obstruction. It will be observed that when the bottle is not in use and is f standing upright on its base its contents ai'e vice having openings in its cylindrical wall normally closed by the valve seat and being movable toward the bottles mouth to expose said openings, an inverted cup ari'angedin the bottle neck over the valve-seat and valve device and having its cylindrical wall bearing downwardly upon the valve seat and holding theY latter against the ledge and a x downwardly projecting cylindrical flange inwardly spaced from said cylindrical wall and affording a stop limiting the lmovement of' the valve d'evice,said cup having apertures between its cylindrical wall and flange,

1 and means fixed to the bottle neck and bearing downY upon the cupand holding the latter against the valve seat.

2. In combination, with the neck of a bottle, an annular valve-seat arranged therein, Yavalve-device arranged therein and including a cylindrical part supported iii the up- .Copes of this patent maybe obtained for five cents each, 'by addressing Washington, D. C. v

right position of the bottle by the valveseat and having vopenings in its cylindrical wall closed by the valve seat and being movable toward the bottle mouth to expose said openings, and also including a plug supported by said part in the upright position of the bottle and normally closing said openings and being` also movable toward the bottle mouth to expose said openings, and an inverted cup arranged in the bottle neck over the valve-seat and valve device and limiting the movement of said plug and having a downwardly projecting cylindrical flange .inwardly spaced from its cylindrical wall and affording a stop limiting the movement of said part, and being concentric with and of larger diameter than and adapted to receive the plug, said cup having apertures between its cylindrical wall and flange.

8. In combination, with the neck of' a bottle having an interior ledge, an annular valve-seat resting on said ledge, a valve-device controlling` the How, and normally closing the way, through said valve seat in the upright position ofl the bottle, an inverted cup bearing with its cylindrical wall upon the valve seat and limiting the movement of the valve-device, said cup having apertures in its upper wall, a nipple having a notched endless Harige projecting downwardly and bearing upon the cup, and means to seal the nipple to the bottle neck.

In testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures in presence of' two witnesses.

ALEXANDER HERMANNS. AUGUST MERKEL.

Witnesses:

WM. D. BELL, ADoLr S'i'eixniiz.

the Commissioner cf Patents, 

